General Mark W. Clark boards a plane and arrives at Milan Airport, at the end of World War II. General Willis D. Crittenberger greets him. General Clark, Lieutenant General Sir Richard L. G. McCreery and General Crittenberger sit in a Jeep. They inspect honor guard composed of troops and tanks of various nationalities including South African, British, Brazilian etc.
Benito Mussolini arrives and presents prizes to the Battle of Wheat winners in Rome's Argentina Theater. Dignitaries and guests at a big amphitheater stand and welcome Italian dictator Mussolini. Prize winners arrive one after the other, he shakes hands and presents the prizes.
In a large ground amidst huge crowd, 5000 boys perform calisthenics in Rome. Benito Mussolini with others witnesses the show.
Minerva Film Corporation studio on fire in Rome. A lift raises a fireman. Flames in a window. Smoke rises from the studio. A fire man raised high on a lift. Fire engines in the street. A large crowd watch the fire fighters work.
Soldiers are outside a coop. One soldier feeds pigeons outside coop and enters the coop. Pigeons in the coop. Soldier selects two pigeons and places capsule on their legs. Pigeons are placed into special carriers. Carriers are picked up by jeep and driver. Pigeons are taken to a distant area for a flight mission to familiarize them with the surrounding territory. Soldiers open the special carrier and freed the pigeons for flight mission. A message is inserted into the capsule on the pigeon's leg and the pigeon is released. Soldier takes pigeon from the coop. Message is removed from capsule and soldier makes entry in code book. (World War II period).
International Labor Rally at St Peters Square in Rome. 30, 000 members of the Catholic Workers Youth Movement gathered at the St. Peters Square (Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City) for the International Labor Rally. Pope Pius XII seated on a throne accompanied by many cardinals and bishops as they attend the rally. Representatives of almost 87 nations attend the rally. Nuns from various countries also take part in the rally. Pope Pius XII being lifted on the Sedia Gestatoria. The gathering cheer for Pope Pius XII.
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